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Thursday, 09 November 2006 |
By Laura Young
Managing Editor
When the presses rolled at 11 p.m. on election night, according to the State Election Board with 68 of 69 precincts reporting, incumbent Danita Williams will remain seated as Judge for District 16 for another four years.
A margin of 154 votes separated her from her opponent Marion Fry, who is currently the First Assistant District Attorney for District 16.
According to the unofficial state results Williams' votes totaled 7,704 (50.50 percent) with Fry's votes totaling 7,550 (49.50 percent), a difference of one percent.
District 16 includes LeFlore, Latimer and Haskell counties
Fry carried LeFlore County with 5,635 votes (56 percent) compared to Williams' 4,518 votes (44 percent).
Totals from Latimer and Haskell counties were unavailable at press time.
In the race for State Senator District 4, at press time according to the unofficial state report with 54 of 55 precincts reporting, incumbent Kenneth Corn (D) was winning the race with 12,508 votes (78.44 percent) as compared to his opponent Thomas Lannigan (R) with 3,437 votes (21.56 percent).
The LeFlore County 911 proposal failed for the second time by a margin of 48 percent (4,990) in favor and 52 percent (5,442) voting no. The proposal called for an additional 50 cent charge per month on all wireless telecommunication connections in the county as determined by the subscriber's place of primary use solely for services related to 911 emergency wireless telephone services.
At press time with 1,485 of 2,244 precincts reporting throughout the state, State Question 724 was passing by a margin of 87.16 percent to 12.84 percent. The referendum dealt with legislators receiving pay while in jail or prison and those found guilty of a crime.
State Question 725 was passing by a margin of 53.37 percent to 46.63 percent. This referendum concerned the Rainy Day Fund.
State Question 733 was passing by a slight margin of 51.52 percent to 48.48 percent. If passed the Oklahoma Constitution will be amended so that package stores can sell alcoholic beverages on election day.
State Question 734 which would amend the Oklahoma Constitution providing for an exemption for property taxes for goods that are shipped into the state, but which do not remain in the state for more than 90 days, was passing by a margin of 61.99 percent to 38.01 percent.
Complete results including state races and those results from the surrounding counties will be published in the Nov. 9 edition.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 November 2006 )
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